It was night now, guards had been posted near shops, banks, and billboards that haven't been hit yet. Luna herself was hiding at the Times Square billboard that already had been hit. She saw something blue out of the corner of her eye and with wide eyes saw the suspected Earth pony flying around with wings of bright blue pixelated energy. He was gliding, giving the wings a flap every once in awhile. He was amazingly fast as he zoomed down the road.
Delsin smiled as he flew through the streets. There wasn't as much crime as last night so he was just going to tag some buildings and then head back. Though his grumbling stomach told him he would need to eat soon. He spied what looked like a bar and landed outside. He slid his cap down so it was a bit harder to see his face.
He went inside and looked around. The place was mostly empty with a few stallions at a table, a mare at the bar, and the bartender who was a mare. Delsin sat at the bar's farthest end away from everyone. The barista noticed him and santured over.
“What can I get ya hun?” She asked him with a slightly bored tone.
“What's there to eat?” Delsin asked her. The barista was a bit surprised but looked up at the board and said.
“Uh, we have hay fries, peanuts, and olives. This isn't exactly a restaurant.” She said with a confused tone. Delsin sighed. He wasn't a big fan of olives and fries made out of hay just sounded disgusting so he had to choose the peanuts. The barista nodded and left him before coming back and giving him a bowl of peanuts.
“Anything else hon?” She asked him. Delsin shook his head.
“No thanks ma'am. But would it be okay if I asked your name?” This came as a shock to the mare. Nopony ever asked for her name.
“Uh, my name is Soft Cider. I know it's a bit of a weird name but, that's what it is.” Cider said with a shrug. Delsin shook his head.
“It's a nice name. My name is Delsin.” Before he could realize it he had finished the peanuts. “So, do you know the name of the city? I'm a bit new here.” Cider shrugged and responded with.
“Manehattan, Equestria.” She was stopped by the stallions calling her over to refill their drinks. She sighed and picked up a pitcher full of some kind of drink. “I'll be right back Delsin.” She went over to the stallions and his blood began to boil when they started to grope her.
He got up and just as another stallion was about to slap her ass he grabbed his arm. “Hey, what's the big-” The stallion was cut off as Delsin punched him square in the face, the sounds of his jaw cracking a little making itself known.
“You all better apologise.” Delsin said in a threatening tone as Cider went behind Delsin and the mare watched them. The remaining 4 stallions got up and to his surprise one of them had a gun that had some kind of glowing crystal inside it.
Before Delsin could react the gun was aimed at his chest and was fired. Delsin flew back, a hole in his chest. Cider yelped and ran behind the bar. Their eyes widened when Delsin began to chuckle. “Wow, that was pretty powerful.” A long pink and purple neon sword came from his left arm.
“And thanks for the boost.” He slashed at the arm of one of the stallions, the sword cutting right through it and cauterizing the wound. The stallion collapsed in pain as he clutched the stub that used to be his arm. And faster than any of them could do anything, he shot the same purple stuff at their hooves and they were encased in the stuff, their limbs immobilized.
He smiled at his handiwork before the cold barrel of a rifle was pressed against the back of his neck. “You are under arrest by order of the Princesses.” Delsin could tell it was mare from the bar who was a unicorn thestral.
“Guess I should have known. You did a good job, but you haven't caught me yet.” Faster than any of them could react he was out the doors and ran up the side of the building, a trail of neon blue in his wake that was dispersing fast.
The thestral mare growled and said into a crystal. “I lost the target. He seemed to get some kind of power boost when he gets hit by our magic weapons. He is stunned for a few seconds but comes back twice as powerful.” She turned off the communicator and sighed. “I need a drink after this.”
Outside Princess Luna was flying high above, following the trail left by the stallion by herself. She followed him to a warehouse that had been abandoned along the edge of the city. She landed outside, sneakily making her way around to a window. Looking inside through a very dirty window she saw cardboard stencils, spray cans, and a hammock.
“This must be where he has set up camp.” Luna whispered to herself as she sunk lower as the stallion came into the room.
“Damn. They're onto me. Oh well, not like they'll ever be able to hold me. If I can take on D.U.P. I can take on these fuckers. But what did that mare mean by princesses? Maybe those are the rulers? I don't know. Just focus on the baddies and try not to hurt the guards. Yeah, like that will be easy.” He took a piece of carboard and began to cut into it using a pocket knife, making it into a stencil that he would use later.
Luna focused her magic and teleported into the room and while the stallion was dazed, used her magic to make a magical dome around him, keeping him from running away. “Delsin Rowe?” Princess Luna said to the stallion.
“Fuck.” Delsin cursed under his breath. “Alright. You caught me… Not!” He put his hands on the dome, and to her surprise, he absorbed it. “Oh yeah! Now that feels good!” He was about to run when Luna raised a hand and said in a pleading tone.
“Please! Wait. I just want to talk.” She said. She knew it was unbecoming of a princess to sound like that but she was desperate. To her surprise Delsin did stop.
“Alright. But no more of that teleporting shit.” He said pointing a finger at her. Luna nodded and Delsin sat on a table. “Take a seat.” He said gesturing to his hammock. Luna does so. “Now then. What do you want to ask?” Delsin asked as he went back to cutting his soon to be newest stencil.
“Who are you? And what are you?” Luna asked. Delsin just raised an eyebrow and shrugged.
“My name is Delsin Rowe of the Akomish Tribe. And I'm a Conduit, or as the D.U.P. call me, a Bio-Terrorist which is completely false.” Delsin says with a bit of rage. Luna just got a more curious expression.
“What is a ‘Conduit’?” She asks. Delsin shrugs.
“I think it's some kind of Sub-species of human that can control specific elements of nature. Me? I'm a Conduit for Conduits. I don't absorb elements, I absorb the powers of other Conduits.” Delsin says as he closes his fist, stones covering it that came from inside him.
“Amazing. We have no magic like that.” Delsin raises his eyebrow once more.
“What the hell are you talking about? This isn't magic.” He says as he entraps Luna's body. He jumps from the table as her eyes widen in fear. “Now I know you didn't come here just to talk. After all, that little spy of yours said for me to be arrested. Now tell me, why are you here?” Delsin asks as he gets into her face.
“W- we r- really did wa- want to talk! O- our si- sister wa- wants you cap- captured.” She stuttered. Delsin glares at her one last time before removing the concrete surrounding her.
“Fine. But if you rat me out, your hide is first.” Delsin says as he sits on the table once again. Luna nods fearfully. “Now let me ask you this. Who are you and who is your sister.”
Luna gulps and says. “M- My name is Pr- Princess Luna. M- My sister is P- Princess Celestia.” Luna was always the one to face fear in the face. But this Delsin, no, this being was a monster that could kill her with just a thought. “W- we live in C- Canterlot, n- near P- Ponyville.” Delsin nods and gestures for her to ask something.
“Why have y- you come here?” Delsin just shrugged.
“Closest thing to civilization from where I first woke up here.” This caught Luna's attention but Delsin cut her off with a question of his own. “So your a princess, huh? What are you the princess of exactly?” Delsin half joked.
“The M- Moon and Equestria.” Luna said. Delsin barked a laugh.
“‘The Moon’? Ha! You can't be the ruler of something that's millions of miles away!” This made Luna a bit mad.
“Yes we are! We control the Moon and help it rise and set at the beginning and end of each day. So does our sister with the sun.” Delsin just scoffs and rolls his eyes. His stomach rumbles and Luna notices this. “How long ago was the last time you ate a proper meal?” Luna asks him with a bit of sympathy.
“... Two days ago.” Delsin reluctantly says. Luna's eyes widen.
“You must be starving! How are you even standing right now?” Delsin sighs.
“I don't focus on it and the hunger pains don't bother me.” His stomach gurgles and he clenches his stomach. “Damnit.” Luna gets up and teleports out of the room. A few minutes later she returns with a bag of delicious smelling food. Luna was going to say something but Delsin takes the bag and begins to scarf down the food.
Luna giggles a bit as some of the ketchup from the hay burger drips down his chin. In under a minute all the food is gone. Delsin sighs and pats his stomach. “Fuck yeah, that hit the spot.” Delsin let's out a small burp and crumples up the bag.
He takes out a zippo lighter and lights it on fire. Luna's eyes widen as he drops it on the ground. Luna was going to put it out but Delsin held up a hand. Once the smoke got a little thicker, Delsin put his hands towards the smoke and all of it goes into him. “Simply amazing.” Luna says in wonderment.
Delsin shrugs and Luna asks. “What does it feel like?” Delsin has to pause.
“It… it feels like your body is submerged in a hot tub but it isn't wet. And you can feel the heat coming from inside and outside at the same time. And you can feel the energy filling you like just woke up from a nap or drank some coffee. It's really hard to describe, sorry if it isn't that good.” He says. They turn silent when some glass shatters from somewhere in the warehouse.
“Discord Damnit Wrecker! Your gonna alert the guards!” Whisper shouts a mare.
“Sorry Boss.” Says a deep voice of a stallion. Delsin smiles and climbs up into the framework of the ceiling. Luna flaps her wings and follows. Delsin is crouching and walking along the iron beam till he sees a huge group of ponies setting up equipment of all kinds.
Weapon crates, boxes filled with explosives, and so much more. “Sweet Faust.” Luna whispers breathlessly. She looks to Delsin but just sees a smile on his face. Before she can say anything he jumps and his left fist brighten with orange energy and a few feet above the ground a ring of orange energy comes from him.
A massive explosion goes out from him as the ground cracks underneath him. Equipment and ponies fly everywhere as they are tossed about.
“What the Tartarus was that!?” Says the mare from before.
“It's that Delsin Bucker, Get him!” Says another mare as she points at Delsin.
Crates are opened and to Luna's astonishment one of them pulles out a magic crystal rocket launcher. Delsin's hands glow and a huge plume of smoke sends some of them flying away. The rocket is fired and Delsin takes his chain and slashed at it, the chain wrapping around the overloaded crystal and sent it back to it's sender.
“Shit! I didn't even think that was going to work! Hahazzzz!” Delsin was shot with an lightning spell and he falls to the ground, twitching. He's about to get up but a huge stallion steps on him. Delsin groans in pain and uses a Cinder Missle right at the crouch of the stallion. “Fuck… you.” Delsin wheezes and gets up.
What must have been the lead mare walks up to his swaying body that was letting out glowing pieces of ash. “You know, last night, you were a huge bother to the boss and he wants a few words with you.” Delsin smirks and before any of them can realize it, he had jumped high into the air and turned into three fireballs. At the peak he reforms and uses his smoke thrusters to smash into the ground.
A huge dome expanding and destroying all of their equipment and severly injuring all of them. “Mother of Faust.” Luna says at the destructive power of Delsin Rowe. He had just defeated a small army of goons by himself in a few minutes. And yet, he did not kill anyone. More glass shatters as her Night Guards bust in through the many dirty windows.
They all point their weapons at him and he groans. He's about to neutralise them when Luna's voice booms out. “Stand down!” She drops from the ceiling and holds up a hand. “This…” Luna says but doesn't know what his kind is.
“Human.” Delsin says looking up at her slightly.
“This Human is under our protection. He has protected me from the ponies that were planning to use this building as a base of operations. Those that try to harm him or capture him will face me. Am I clear?!” She says in a booming voice. The guards look to one another but they nod and bow.
“Yes Princess.” They say in unison. Delsin was a bit surprised at her deceleration but ran with it.
“Now arrest these ponies and get the injured ones to the hospital. And one of you get Delsin some food please. He is very hungry.” The night guards nod and went to work, one leaving to probably get Delsin some more food. Delsin taps Luna on the shoulder and she turns to him.
“Thanks Luna. I really didn't want to hurt any of them.” Delsin says as he picks up the lead mare. “You might want to take this one into questioning, she seemed to be the one in charge of this operation. But there is always someone higher.” His mind went back to Augustine and he growls.
“Indeed. We shall have my top guard interrogate her. Though we might have to do so ourself.” Luna said looking at the mare in Delsin's grasp. Delsin nods and gives the mare to a guard. “Delsin, can we propose an offer?” Luna asks him.
Delsin looks at her with a quizzical look and says. “Eh, sure. What's on your mind?” Delsin says sitting on the chest of the large stallion.
“We want to extend an offer to be my personal guard. You capability in fighting is far above my own guards. And of course you shall get your own quarters and you can still go out and fight crime, but legally.” Delsin did a double take. This mare he just met offered him a job, a job that was pretty damn important.
Plus, if he did take this job he would have more resources to stop criminals. But then again, he would now have limits. “I don't know Luna, let me think about it. Come and find me, or I'll find you, tomorrow. I'll have your answer then.” With that, Deslin employed his Smoke Dash to depart, leaving Luna inside to deal with his mess.